Unidentified speaker links femicides to rising digital violence, warns AI tools accelerate harm

An unidentified speaker opened by saying one woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes "by an intimate partner or by her family member," and framed recent killings as the end point of a long continuum of abuse.

The speaker said femicides "do not emerge suddenly" and called them "the fatal final act in a continuum of violence," arguing officials and platforms should look for earlier online warning signs. "We see women surveyed online before they are attacked offline," the speaker said, adding that coerced images and other digital abuses can escalate into lethal violence.

The statement singled out platform harms: "We also see coerced images that spark lethal harm, and we see the killings of women and girls actually live streamed on platforms. These are the very same platforms that should protect them," the speaker said. The speaker further warned that artificial intelligence is amplifying these risks: "Deepfakes and targeted harassment is evolving faster and faster than the systems can actually keep pace."

Framing this as a central theme for current advocacy, the speaker said, "that's why this year's 16 days to end violence against women and girls is centered on ending digital violence because digital safety is now foundational to women's safety, to women's rights, and to women's role in public life." The transcript does not identify the speaker by name or organization and includes no formal motions, votes or recorded next steps.

The speaker's claims in the transcript—including the figure that one woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes and that killings have been live-streamed—are presented as assertions made during the statement; the transcript does not supply sourcing or supporting data. No formal actions or policy proposals appear in the provided segment.